Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,239, John Goodenow, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Goodenow, John
S. 2,239
CONTENTS
carded

18323 Name
John Goodenow
Oxford Co in the State of Maine who was a Privat in the Company commanded by Captain Barnes of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bigelow in the War of the Rebellion.
Mass Line Records corrected
Dec. 10 03
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 35 Dollars 98 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of August 1833 and sent to
Rufus K Goodenow Paris
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $71.96 Woman's allowance ending Sept. 17.99
$89.95
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 18.

N o 1491. John Goodenough Hiram Bedford 60. Main

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Maine County of Oxford ss.
On this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Fryeburg in & for said County of Oxford John Goodenow, a President of Hiram in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated, viz
That I belonged to a company of minute men, commanded by Capt. Daniel Barnes of Marlborough, County of Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; that on the 19th day of April 1775 I marched with said company in pursuit of the enemy, after Lexington Battle, from Marlborough to Concord & thence to Lexington & thence to Cambridge. I was then transferred to Capt. Moses Barnes' company, led. Bigelow's Regiment, I think, I remained with said company, in & about Cambridge, Lechmere's Point & Prospect Hill six or seven weeks - the Stockbridge Indians came in while I was there - I was discharged a short time before the Battle of Bunker Hill. Genl. Ward commanded while I was there  the New Hampshire Col. Bigelow was one of our Lieutenants.
About the first of July 1776 I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Silas Gates for five months - we marched from Marlborough to N. H. (Charleston N.H.) & crossed Connecticut river at Knapp's Ferry, thence through the woods to Scituate. We were there put into Col. Reed's Regiment, General Brickett's Brigade - Brown was our Brigade Major, Porter our Adjutant & Taylor our Doctor - Col. Wheelock's, Wiggles

worth's & Woodbridge's Regiment were there if I remember right. Genl. Gates was commander in chief. Genl. Arnold was there. Lieut. Whitecomb's Regiment was there & went on to Mount Independence. Hope. Lieut. Boudas Regiment was on Mount Independence. I served there five months, was then discharged & returned home in December 1776.
In December 1777 I enlisted for three months at Marlborough aforesaid, Lieut. Benjamin Monroe's Company, Joshua Hays & Ivory Ingelow, Lieutenants. We marched from Marlboro' thro' Westbury, Hopkinton & Smithfield to Providence, Rhode Island. Lieut. Sprout's Regiment, which was divided into two Battalions. That to which I belonged was commanded by Major Abner Perry & marched from Providence to North Kingston where we were stationed in the house of one Allen, a Refugee. There were no continental troops in that vicinity that I remember. I understood that General Spencer was commander in Chief, altho' I never saw him. We staid there three months, during which time I was orderly Sergeant. Our Company was then discharged & I returned home in April 1778.
In August 1778, if I remember right, I entered the service as a substitute for one John Gleason for six weeks & marched from Marlborough under the command of Lieut. Barber thro' Framingham, Wrentham, Taunton & Silverton to Howlands ferry & crossed said ferry on to the Island of Rhode Island where I was placed in Captain Loottings Company. I do not remember the Regiment. The New Hampshire Troops were there under Genl. Whipple. John Gane. Sherburne, one of his officers had his leg shot off. General Sullivan was there, commander in chief. We remained there till Genl. Sullivan's retreat. We retreated over Bristol ferry & came up to Providence. - While on the Island we dug a long & deep trench in which to transport our Munitions of War. The enemy lay off broad side & fired across the trench - they changed their position & took us rake wise & that made it too hot for us & we were obliged to leave the trench. We had an uncomfortable time then, no tents,

We had a severe rain storm & were obliged to seek shelter where we could, under fences, Hay Stacks, &c. There was much confusion then & I do not remember the names of the Regular Regiments if there were any there, nor of the officers. Our Company was ordered from Providence down the west side of the Island, till our times were out. I returned home after a service of six weeks.
During my service as aforesaid, in all more than eleven months, I found all my own clothing & all my equipments. I never drew any article from Government, save one canteen. My station
I have no documentary evidence & I know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service. I now reside 175 Miles from Marlborough & do not know that any of my associates are living.
I was born in Marlborough aforesaid Dec r 12, 1751.
I have a Record of my age & it is here in locust.
I was living at Marlborough aforesaid when I was called into the service. I lived in Henniker, N. Hampshire from 1779 to March 1802, from that time in Brownfield, Oxford County, Maine to December 1822, from that time I lived 6 years in Alfred York Co. Maine, and I now live in Hiram, Oxford County, Maine.
I was a volunteer in the service in every instance as above & was a substitute for one period as before stated.
To the 5 th Interrogatory, I answer, that I have stated in my declaration as above the names of such regular officers, Continental & Militia Regiments, & the general circumstances of my service as I can now recollect.
I never or received a discharge from the service.
In answer to the 7 th Interrogatory, I state the names of Thomas Spring Esq. Col. Marshall Spring & Deacon Asa Cogswell of said Hiram, Joseph Stearns & General James Steele of Brownfield aforesaid, & the Hon. Judah Dana & Robert Gibson Esq. of Fryeburg & I could name many other persons in each of said towns.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is

not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State John Goodenow
Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid
Stephen Emery, Judge
We James Steele residing in the town of Brownfield & County of Oxford aforesaid & Oliver Travis residing in the Town of Brownfield County & State aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Goodenow who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
James Steele
Oliver Travis
Sworn & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
Stephen Emery, Judge
And the said Court doth hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to him that James Steele & Oliver Travis who have signed the preceding residents in Brownfield aforesaid are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to full credit. It also appears that there is no clergyman residing in said Town of Hiram or Brownfield, and the said applicant does not know any clergyman who can testify to his reputation as a revolutionary soldier; that the Rev. Jacob Rice with whom the said applicant had been intimately acquainted for more than sixty years & to whose society & church he belonged more than thirty years, died at said Brownfield eight years ago.
Stephen Emery, Judge
I, Joseph G. Cole, Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Goodenow for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Probate office this, Seventh day of August in the year A.D. 1832
Joseph G. Cole Register

State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
I, Rufus R. Goodenow Clerk of the Judicial Court in the said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Stephen Emery is Judge of Probate in the said County, that the signatures purporting to be his, annexed to the application of John Goodenow for a pension, which application is hereto attached, are genuine; and that Joseph L. Cook whose genuine signature is annexed to the same application is Register of said Court of Probate.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this ninth day of August in the year A. D. 1832.
Rufus R. Goodenow, Clerk of Oxford County Court

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Borden , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 2239
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19. 1775 6 or 7 weeks Pvt. Daniel Barns Benjamin Bigelow Mass   trans Moses Barns Bigelow   July 1. 1776 5 mos. Silas Bates Board   Dec. 1777 3 mos. Ord. Sgt. Benjamin Monroe Aprent   Aug. 1778 6 weeks Cutting +  
Battles engaged in,  Exped. to Rhode Island Residence of soldier at enlistment, Marlborough, Middlesex Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 7. 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Hiram, Oxford Co. Maine Age at date of application, born in Marlborough Mass. Dec 12. 1751. Remarks: In 1832. Soldier refers to his wife's name not stated & his son Rufus K. was a resident of Paris, Maine.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

----- From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim awd S. 3238, it appears that John Goodenow was born December 13, 1751 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
While residing at Marlborough he served with the Massachusetts Troops, as follows-
At the commencement of the Revolution he belonged to a company of minute-men commanded by Captain Daniel Barns, and marched in that company on April 19, 1775 to Cambridge, where he was put in Captain Moses Barns' Company, Colonel Bigelow's Regiment and served six or seven weeks; from July 1, 1775, five months as private in Captain Silas Gates' Company, Colonel Reed's Regiment; from December 1777, three months as orderly-sergeant in Captain Benjamin Munroe's Company, Colonel Sprout's Regiment; and from August 1778, six weeks as private in Captain Cuttings Company in General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island.
He lived in Henniker, New Hampshire from 1779 to March 1802, from then until December 1822 in Brownfield, Maine, after that for six years in Alfred, Maine, and he then moved to Hiram,
Maine, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832.
His wife, whose name is not given, was living in 1832. Also a son Rufus K. Goodenow, who resided at Paris, Maine.
There are no further data as to family.
The above noted two soldiers are the only John Goodenows (all spellings of that name searched) found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Your letter from Mrs. Helen M. Fairbank is herewith returned.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

May 30, 1922.
Jessie C. Ladd, Office of the Dean of Women, The University of Minn. Minneapolis, Minn.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the sixteenth instant, you are advised that from the papers in the pension claim, S. File 3339, it appears that John Goodenow was born December 12, 1751, in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and resided there at the commencement of the Revolution, when he belonged to the company of minute-men commanded by Captain Daniel Barns, of said town, and marched in that company on April 19, 1775, to Cambridge, where he was put in Captain Moses Barns Company, Colonel Bigelow's Regiment and served six or seven weeks.
He also served from July 1, 1776, as private, for five months, in Captain Silas Gates' Company, Colonel Reed's Regiment. From December 1777, as Orderly Sergeant, for three months in Captain Benjamin Munroe's

Company, Colonel Sprout's Regiment. From August 1778, as private for six weeks, in Captain Cutting's Company, in General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island.
He lived in Henniker, New Hampshire, from 1779, to March 1808, and from then until December 1828, in Brownfield, Maine, after that for six years in Alfred, Maine, and he then moved to Hiram, Maine, where he was living when he was allowed pension, on his application executed August 7, 1832. His wife, name not stated, was then alive, also a son Rufus K. who resided in Paris, Maine.
The names of soldier's parents are not on record, nor is there any further data on file as to his family.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Daniel, or Daniel John Goodnow, under any spelling of that name, or in regard to any other John Goodenow, that the above noted pensioner.
Very respectfully,
Washington  Power
Commissioner.

17162 The University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF WOMEN
May 16, 1922.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would like to inquire whether you have the Revolutionary service of my great great grandfather, Daniel John Goodnow, and his son, John Goodnow, my great grandfather, as I understand they were both in the service.
They were both born in Marlborough, Mass., and probably gave their service there. They removed about 1780 to Henniker, N. H., and I think that the son, John, married his wife there. She was Rebecca Tyler. I do not know who the elder married. They removed again to Brownfield, Maine, and both died there.
The inscription on the gravestone of the elder man reads: Daniel John Goodnow, died December 29, 1818, aged 93 years. "He was a patriot soldier in King William's War, in the French and Indian War and in the War of the American Revolution."
John, the son, died about 1843, and he may have been born in 1751, as I found a John born in Marlborough (son of Daniel and Martha) in that year.
Very sincerely,
Jessie S. Ladd Dear.

Rec'd Penn Office Sept. 13. 1917.

HOMESTEAD HALL GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT
also record of Thomas Spring S. 3965.
Rev Sec Heed
Sept. 12, 1917.
Department of the Interior - Dear Sir -
Should like to have a statement of the military record of John Goodenow of Hiram, Oxford Co referred to a Mrs. M. H. Hiram possibly his son's name Maine during the Revolut- ionary War. This record was sent to a relative, Mrs. George Strickler of Palo, Illinois with the following letters and numbers attached which may be of some help to you, M. B. H. (signed) Mrs. Gilbert Bogart S. 2239 Rev. War.

Rev. Thos
2239 INVALID!
File No. 2239
John Goodenough Prin. A. N. Mil.
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. A , Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mass. Line. Records corrected 1870.
1914 Oct. 21: History to Mrs. George Strickler. Letter in S.7. 3.965 Thomas Spring. M.B.H.
1917 Sept. 14. Hist. to Mrs. Gilbert Bogart &...
1922 May 20. Hist. to Jessie S. Ladd aw
1928 Aug. 14 - Hist. to Cong. E Hart Fenn for Mrs. Helen M. Fairbank See letter in John Goodenough S. 30439 aw

No. 1491 Affidavit of John Goodenough

State of Maine Oxford County 3/s.
I Rufus Goodwin Clerk of the Judicial County in & for the County of Oxford, certify that Percy Wadsworth is a magistrate as within & that the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine
In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this fifteenth day of Jan uary in the year 1833.
Rufus Goodwin Clerk of Oxford County County

I John Goodenough Crane in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, an applicant for a Pension under the act of 7th of June 1832 as appears by my declaration made before the Hon Stephen Emery Judge of Probate in & for said County of Oxford, at a Probate Court held at Fryeburg in & for said County on the 7th day of August 1832, in addition to said declaration, now on oath testify & say that I have caused all the enquiry, & used all the exertions in my power, to procure evidence in support of my declaration as aforesaid - that Joseph Baker & Elisha Barnes are the only persons whom I have ascertained to be living, who were with me during any part of my service as stated in said declaration - that the testimony of Baker has been taken & forwarded to the Department to prove my services at Cambridge in 1775 & at Ticonderoga in 1776 - that Barnes who lives 150 miles from me has not been applied to because he could only prove my service at Ticonderoga in 1776 & that has been proved by said Baker. My Letter to Prof. J. K. Goodenough, dated Hiram Nov. 6, 1832, naming those whom I then recollected as having been in the service with me , together with the deposition of Sullivan Thayer, Post Master, at Marlboro' Mass. which accompany this affidavit, show the nature & extent of my enquiry.
That in reference to the time of three months in 1777-8 during which I was orderly sergeant, I state that I had no sergeant's warrant - that I was chosen to the office by nomination of the Captain & vote of the company.
John Goodenough
Oxford s.s. Hiram January 14 th 1833
Then the above named John Goodenough, well known to me as a man of truth, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him made & subscribed
Before me Peleag Wadsworth Justice of the Peace

N o 1491
Letter from John Goodenough of Nov. 6, 1832 to R. K. Goodenough + the affidavit of Sullivan Thayer, P. M. Marlboro'

Hiram Me } Nov 8 }
10
Rufus H. Goodenough Esq.
Paris
Maine

June 8 th 1832
Dear Sirs I have with me some of the enclose letters, but none with one in my several correspondence you know that 57 - you make a great addition in any place
At Cambridge 1775 Dane C. Burns, Capt. Major Burns (A.H.) Major Bygone Lt Major Roberts Robert St. Clair Jonathan Alexander William Boyd all dead
Living or Deceased as far as I know Joseph Baker that you named in your letter and if Remender might be had two brothers Ephraim and John that were there
Dracut's Walnut all at work from Marlboro.
1776 at Concord Isaac Gates Capt. John Hale John Dine John Barnard Isaac Goodwin Isaac Priest Samuel Gannall Robert Hunter Lester Dyer all at work from Marlboro. all dead
Those that may be living or Deceased E. Likel (Clive) Joseph Alexander Joseph Baker Oliver Dyer Abiah Allen Isaac Houghton Joseph Houghton Lawrence Brier Joseph Newton and many others most of Marlboro. that cannot remember
At Hanover in the Winter of 1778
Major Munroe Capt. Major Bygone Lt. dead Joseph Hays of Melbury of Puckett Bright Lt.
Nathan Maynard of Melbury Timothy Bicknell brother. John Taylor of Haver - the Cross Jury track of 3 Rivers

At Sullivan Exposition at Round Island The panther was made from B. & L. Foss
Cutting of Sudbury } Capt Barker of New River } Lt Alexander Boyd
William Brannan both of Markham } dead Hezekiah Hays } dead trail of stones } dead James B. B. } dead
Some fine flowers & H that was on the ground with - namely James Brannan (Capt) Ellen Stone (J. H. Hays) Sister all dead
I have done the best I could and if it amounts to anything to be it
Your Mother is at times troubled with her eye and a pain in her side but seems to walk the house for the most part Mr. H. and wife came home last Friday she is better we hope she will soon be well
Fare to all I was so blind I hardly see a letter I have been studying also I read yours I am like letter until this day Nov. 3
Yours affectionately John G. Gaudine

I, Sullivan Thayer, Post Master, at Marlborough Mass. of lawful age on oath depose & say that I have made a rigid inquiry for the persons referred to in the preceding letter, and have ascertained to my entire satisfaction that not one of said persons is now liv- ing, except Silas Barnes, who, I am informed, lives in Henniker New Hampshire. I have also ascertained that John Goodwin before named, had I had the reputation of having been a soldier in the revolutionary army. Sullivan Thayer Midlesex ss. On this fourth day of January in the year of our Lord 1833, personally appeared Sullivan Thayer, Post Master as above, a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed -
Before me,
James Russell Esdaile notary public in and for the County of Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Midlesex ss. I Elias Romney Clerk of the Superior Judicial Court, for the County of Middlesex do certify that James Russell Esdaile is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Middlesex, and that his name set to the foregoing certificate is his own proper signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, the fourth day of January 1833.
E. Romney.

Can get the deposition of Baker to the facts herein stated, as near as he can go without telling other facts he may remember, in relation to my father's service - return the depo to me. RAG

Depo. of Joseph Baker in the case of the application of John Goodman, of Hiram, Oxford Co. Maine - under the Act of the 7 th June 1832 said application was sent to the Dept about the 9 th Aug. 1832

I Joseph Baker of Wadsworth in the County of Oxford State of Maine, aged eighty nine years, testify & say on oath, that I was born in Marlborough, Mass. that I was acquainted with John Goodenow the of that town, & who, as I am informed & believe, now resides in Hiram, Oxford County, State of Maine. that said Goodenow in 1776 served with me as a soldier of the revolution in the Company commanded by Capt Silas Gates, in Col. Read's Regiment for the term of five or six months, at Ticonderoga - I also believe  know that said Goodenow marched with Capt Daniel Barron's Com- pany on the 19th of April 1775 in pursuit of the Brit- ish after the battle of Lexington Joseph Baker
Oxford ss. September 18. 1832
Then personally appeared Joseph Baker above named and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me and I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity. Joseph G. Hale Just of Peace.
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
whose genuine signature is
annexed to the foregoing Deposition
of Joseph
Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this twenty second day of September in the year A. D. 1832.
[Signature]
Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

10 mós 24 d's private
32.284 35.97

Paris, Oxford Co. Maine. Jan'y. 15, 1833.
Sir
I enclose to you the application of John Goodenow of Hiram, Oxford Co. Maine, for a Pension under the Act of 7 th June 1832.
In Mr. Edwards letter to me of the 22 Oct. 1832 concerning said application, he says "Mr. Goodenow states his service in 1777 as Orderly Sergeant but gives no account of his warrant as such; nor, does it appear that any enquiry or exertions have been made by him to procure evidence in support of his claim declaration, which should be expressly thereon". Immediately on the receipt of Mr. Edwards letter I wrote to the applicant, (my father) requesting him to name all the persons whom he could recollect as having been in the service with him - his letter to me of the 6 th November is his answer, which I sent to Sullivan Thayer Esq. Post Master, Marlboro. Mass. the place where the applicant was born & when he ended when he entered the service & requested Mr. Thayer to ascertain by all possible enquiry if any proof could be had at that place - his answer is appended to said letter in the form of an affidavit. which is enclosed together with an additional affidavit of the applicant. I hope the objections of Mr. Edwards to the allowance of said claim, are thus removed. An affidavit of Joseph Baker referred by the applicant was sent by me to the Dep t about the 6 th of

of October last. If any further proof of the character of the applicant for which Haveracity is required, I beg leave to refer the Department to the Hon. Mr. Holmes of the Senate & Hon. Mr. M c Intire of the House of Reps. to whom the applicant is known.
The testimony of the Port Master at Marlboro was obtained at an expense of five dollars.
Very respectfully your obedt Servant Rufus H. Goodenow
To the Hon. Secretary of War
Jan. 17. 1833.
I also enclose herewith the application (N o 1493) of Oliver Travis of Brownfield in said county of Oxford, with an additional affidavit of said Travis.